My goal is to have financial freedom so I can eventually quit my 9-5 job and use my time to spend with family and do things that excite me.

@Chris Lin,Thank you very much for spending time with me on the phone last night. 

I’m unable to invest in areas familiar to me as I’m priced out of suburban NJ where I was born and raised.I’m looking to spend $150-$180K on a condo and will need to research viable areas.

Focus on tax-saving strategies such as cost segregation studies and bonus depreciation to accelerate deductions.By qualifying as a Real Estate Professional (spending 750+ hours annually and materially participating), you can offset your wife’s S-Corp income with real estate losses, reducing your tax liability.

Of course, not everybody is that good at or has the time to do Google searches or know how easy it is to use ChatGPT so it might still make sense for you to provide such a guide to your (potential) clients.If you don't want to spend time reinventing the wheel, you have other easy options:a.

You are like many others who are getting started and unfortunately your generation is screwed because of the amount of spending is older generations have done and put the debt on you which also has led to record inflation.All you can do now is plan for the future and don’t force things but invest wisely when the time is right.

I spend so much time finding the 'right' properties across multiple markets on Zillow before I even evaluate in my buy box.

 @Jordan Laney Asking what others pay for snow removal and comparing your yearly spend to past years is not productive.

Without these connections, you’re likely to spend more time and money finding reliable help.Enforcing Lease TermsProactively managing tenants and enforcing lease terms reduces the risk of evictions and other issues.

They should still have alerted you if they changed it, but doubtful they need your permission.Anyone can sue anyone in this country, but how much are you willing to spend to chase this?